Publication

2017 - Cambridge University Press

Language

English

Word Count

113,000 words, Guess

Page Count

452 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781107010277
  • ISBN-101107010276
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016053994
  • OCLC Control Number961411589
  • Better World Books9781107010277
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCPR2825
  • LCCPR2825 .W74 2017

Description

"Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice occupies a unique place in world culture. As the fictional, albeit iconic, character of Shylock has been interpreted as exotic outsider, social pariah, melodramatic villain and tragic victim, the play, which has been performed and read in dozens of languages, has served as a lens for examining ideas and images of the Jew at various historical moments. In the last two hundred years, many of the play's stage interpreters, spectators, readers and adapters have themselves been Jews, whose responses are often embedded in literary, theatrical and musical works. This volume examines the ever-expanding body of Jewish responses to Shakespeare's most Jewishly relevant play"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Wrestling with Shylock: Jewish Responses to the Merchant of VeniceCambridge University Press2017-01-01

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